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Jacob P Teichroew
Classical saxophonist turned jazz bandleader, sideman, educator
About Me
Jacob Teichroew is a saxophonist, woodwind player, composer, bandleader, and music
educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he
took up the saxophone at age ten, and was trained as a classical saxophonist.
Before pursuing a degree in classical saxophone under Steven Jordheim at Lawrence
University in Appleton, Wisconsin, Jacob fell in love with the music of Cannonball Adderley
and Kenny Garrett, which inspired him to play jazz. He briefly got involved in the
Washington, D.C. jazz scene, where he performed weekly as the lead alto player in the
Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra at H.R. 57.
While at Lawrence, Jacob focused on classical saxophone, and also received a degree in
philosophy. Unable to shake an obsession with improvisation, he moved to New York in
2007 to attend Queens College, where he earned an M.A. in jazz studies, and studied with
Antonio Hart, David Berkman, and Michael Philip Mossman. There he was awarded the
Jimmy Heath Excellence in Jazz Studies scholarship.
While cultivating a career as a sideman in numerous ensembles, Jacob worked as a
freelance writer, contributed to jazz.com, and edited jazz.about.com. He taught in over a
dozen NYC public schools as a teaching artist, and led a private studio of saxophone,
clarinet, and flute students.
Jacob leads his own quintet, and his debut album, Tableaux, was released in the Summer
of 2013 on Fresh Sound/New Talent Records. Shortly after releasing the album, he studied
at the Banff International Jazz Workshop in Banff, Canada, where he studied with Vijay Iyer,
Ravi Coltrane, Tyshawn Sorey, and many other leading thinkers in jazz and creative music.
Jacob joined the faculty of KIPP Infinity in June of 2013.
